The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... once been massively paved , but had been allowed to degenerate into deep ruts and sloughs . It was lined by tombs , crowded with carts , wheel- barrows , men and beasts of burden . The city is a hundred miles from the coast and ...
... once been massively paved , but had been allowed to degenerate into deep ruts and sloughs . It was lined by tombs , crowded with carts , wheel- barrows , men and beasts of burden . The city is a hundred miles from the coast and ...
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... once a city twenty miles in circumference . Here is some of the grandest scenery on earth , through jungles filled with wild convolvulus and weird creepers of every hue . Mexico City § 1 Mexico City , which has a population of 1,080,000 ...
... once a city twenty miles in circumference . Here is some of the grandest scenery on earth , through jungles filled with wild convolvulus and weird creepers of every hue . Mexico City § 1 Mexico City , which has a population of 1,080,000 ...
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... once appeals to the traveller , and has been described as " a gigantic diamond , set in emeralds , against a sapphire background . " In the lower town are the shops and business houses ; in the upper town , reached by lifts , are the ...
... once appeals to the traveller , and has been described as " a gigantic diamond , set in emeralds , against a sapphire background . " In the lower town are the shops and business houses ; in the upper town , reached by lifts , are the ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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